To Be Frank

2025

11 min

English

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Frank Paine, is a 73-year-old South Bay icon and humble local legend whose life orbits around a two-block stretch of beach. His unforgettable mustache and magnetic spirit are what most first notice, but Frank’s layers expose a depth that might answer some questions that surfers continually ask themselves. Surfing, which, for some, becomes lost in isolation, is made whole again with Frank.

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Frank Paine as Self

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Anna Wilder Burns · Director, Editor

Morgan Sliff · Producer

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